A 60-year-old man bled to death following a beaver attack in Belarus. The man was on a fishing trip with friends when they saw the beaver early in the morning.
“One of them went up to be photographed with it, and the animal attacked him and bit him twice, cutting an artery in his thigh, before running away,” Sergei Shtyk, the deputy head of the Brest region’s wildlife inspectorate, told The Daily Telegraph.
The man’s friends bandaged him and tried to get him assistance in a nearby village, but he died from blood loss before he could be helped.
Beaver attacks are very rare, but attacks can be serious since the animals have very big teeth and powerful jaws. Beaver attacks that result in deaths are extremely uncommon, however. Unusually aggressive beavers are often rabid. Experts advise not approaching any beavers in the wild.
“A beaver is a wild animal, after all,” Shtyk told The Daily Telegraph.
I am very sorry this gentleman died as a result of the beaver bite, but time and time again you try to explain to people that wild animals are just that, “WILD ANIMALS.” I tell people everyday to leave the wildlife alone, and they think they know best. Sometimes the next day I will get a call that the pretty little Raccoon bit them, and then they want you to catch it, so they don”t have to take rabie shots. Please people,leave wild animals alone!!!
I feel sorry for the man I trap beaver and have hardly ever seen aggressive behavior from them.